Table 2.

List and description of categories used for the comparison of the rankings

Categories
General information:
Information available, open and clear for the description of the processes used
Criteria:
a) Published scientific literature
i. Methods for statistical analysis performed
ii. Methods used to determine weights assigned to each indicator
b) Applied weights
i. Reported
c) Surveys (questionnaires administered to the general population used to determine indicators used and weight assigned to each indicator)
i. Published and openly accessible
ii. Methodology for the use of survey data published
Statistical methods:
Sufficient information to replicate statistical methods used
Criteria:
a) Used statistical software mentioned
b) Used models mentioned
c) Formulas provided
d) Uncertainty intervals calculated and provided
e) Sensitivity to weight change calculated and provided
f) Sensitivity to different statistical methods calculated and provided
Data:
Values used to perform the ranking
Criteria:
a) Data taken from official data banks (coming from established organizations that have data collection groups that update their data regularly)
b) Data taken from the same year (if not using time-series data)
c) Data sources provided
d) Raw data available
e) Years of data used provided
Indicators:
Measures to evaluate a health system
Criteria:
a) Reason for the use of each indicator provided
b) Results and calculations for each indicator provided
c) Individual ranking for each indicator provided